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Classes have been going well so far. Most of them seem quite interesting. I'm especially excited about my "Fans, Subculture, and Mass Culture" and "Intro to Gender Studies" classes. We kicked off the fandom class by watching a clip of One Man Star Wars. The other day we then moved on to talking about fandom as pathology and how not all fans are crazy. Our professor for the class seems quite nice and academic, but everyonce and a while she'll slip and let her fannish tendencies show (such as telling us that she prefers Spike over Angel in Buffy). I feel that it's going to be an awesome class. My Gender Studies class promises to be interesting as well. One of my particular interests is the fluidity of gender and sexuality (something that I witness very much in fandom and at cons). I can't wait to learn more about it and relate those ideas to the world around me. Another notable class that I'm taking is a class on Kurosawa films, taught by Rubinger, whom I've taken several classes with before. Every week we're watching a different Kurosawa film, which means that I'll finally get around to watching Seven Samurai.

As of yesterday, Emilia has moved in with us. I think that everything is going to work out just fine, and it's going to be a lot of fun. It may be a little chaotic in the house over the next couple of weeks though. Ohayocon is impending and I get the feeling that our place is going to be turned into cosplay central. Fortunately, I'm also not working on a new costume right now. I just need to worry about rehearsing for the skit that I was kind of roped into doing with the Dog Lovers' Society. ^_^;

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Classes have been going well so far. Most of them seem quite interesting. I'm especially excited about my "Fans, Subculture, and Mass Culture" and "Intro to Gender Studies" classes. We kicked off the fandom class by watching a clip of One Man Star Wars. The other day we then moved on to talking about fandom as pathology and how not all fans are crazy. Our professor for the class seems quite nice and academic, but everyonce and a while she'll slip and let her fannish tendencies show (such as telling us that she prefers Spike over Angel in Buffy). I feel that it's going to be an awesome class. My Gender Studies class promises to be interesting as well. One of my particular interests is the fluidity of gender and sexuality (something that I witness very much in fandom and at cons). I can't wait to learn more about it and relate those ideas to the world around me. Another notable class that I'm taking is a class on Kurosawa films, taught by Rubinger, whom I've taken several classes with before. Every week we're watching a different Kurosawa film, which means that I'll finally get around to watching Seven Samurai.

As of yesterday, Emilia has moved in with us. I think that everything is going to work out just fine, and it's going to be a lot of fun. It may be a little chaotic in the house over the next couple of weeks though. Ohayocon is impending and I get the feeling that our place is going to be turned into cosplay central. Fortunately, I'm also not working on a new costume right now. I just need to worry about rehearsing for the skit that I was kind of roped into doing with the Dog Lovers' Society. ^_^;